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November 3, 2016BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making1,002 citationsOpen Access

Cognitive biases associated with medical decisions: a systematic review

GSGustavo SaposnikDRDonald A. RedelmeierCRChristian C. Ruff

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Overconfidence, the anchoring effect, information and availability bias, and tolerance to risk may be associated with diagnostic inaccuracies or suboptimal management. More comprehensive studies are needed to determine the prevalence of cognitive biases and personality traits and their potential impact on physicians' decisions, medical errors, and patient outcomes.

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Saposnik et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8c2c5b0225cae72bed8e2https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0377-1
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